People are now recognizing that 'progress' should be about increasing human happiness and wellbeing, not just growing the economy. Saligman (2005) author of Happiness says happiness is a little like falling in love, that one can’t make it happen. Happiness can be a paradox. All our activities are moved around the centre concept happiness. There are several factors that could affect your happiness at work. Barriers to happiness are factors that cause unhappiness to most people. Barriers in Happiness you might have experience at work. If you want to remove these happiness barriers at work, you need to have a strategy. Positive Psychologists gave due importance to the Happiness of Human being. Various strategies are suggested by these psychologists to enhance happiness. Investigator has mentioned a few useful strategies that could enhance Happiness. While reviewing the literature, investigator found some good things happy people have in common. Happier people are more attractive and being happier makes you more likely to be attracted to someone else. Many studies have shown that people who are in a positive or happy mood solve problems better and faster. Happiness also improves people’s ability to learn and remember things. Better problem solving is another reason why happiness is important.
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People are now recognising that 'progress' should be about increasing human happiness and wellbeing, not just growing the economy. cMahon, (2005) author of Happiness says “happiness is a little like falling in love, that one can’t make it happen” Happiness can be a paradox. All our activities are moved around the centre concept happiness. There are several factors that could affect your happiness at work. Barriers to happiness are factors that cause unhappiness to most people. Barriers in Happiness you might have experience at work. If you want to remove these happiness barriers at work, you need to have a strategy. Positive Psychologists gave due importance to the Happiness of Human being. Various strategies are suggested by these psychologists to enhance happiness. Investigator has mentioned a few useful strategies that could enhance Happiness. While reviewing the literature, investigator found some good things happy people have in common. Happier people are more attractive and being happier makes you more likely to be attracted to someone else. Many studies have shown that people who are in a positive or happy mood solve problems better and faster. Happiness also improves people’s ability to learn and remember things. Better problem solving is another reason why happiness is important.
A profound shift in attitudes is underway all over the world. People are now recognizing that 'progress' should be about increasing human happiness and wellbeing, not just growing the economy. All 193 United Nations member states have adopted a resolution calling for happiness to be given greater priority and March 20 has been declared as the International Day of Happiness. In July 2011, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a groundbreaking resolution which recognised happiness as a “fundamental human goal” and called for “a more inclusive, equitable and balanced approach to economic growth that promotes... happiness and well-being of all peoples”. In April 2012 the first ever UN conference on Happiness took place in New York and in July 2012 the UN General Assembly adopted a further resolution which decreed that the International Day of Happiness was to be observed every year on 20 March. It was celebrated for the first time in 2013.
Seligman (2002) the author of Happiness says “happiness is a little like falling in love, that one can’t make it happen” Happiness can be a paradox. The more one tries to reach for it, the more it seems to slip through his fingers. “Ask yourself if you’re happy, and you cease to be so”. A lot of research has been done since last decade on Happiness and its various dimensions. Seligman, M. E. P., & Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2000), Waite, L. J., & Gallagher, M. (2000), Diener, Nickerson, Lucas, & Sandvik, (2002), Seligman, M. E. P. (2002), Fredrickson (2003), Johnson & Fredrickson (2005), Peterson, Park, & Seligman (2005), Schnittker (2008), Rashid, T. (2009). Seligman, M. E. P., Ernst, R. M., Gillham, J., Reivich, K., & Linkins, M. (2009) Bok(2010) Barber, Janet E., (2010) Dammani K,(2015), Dammani k. & Indani. M. ( 2013, 2014, &2015) ,All these researches proved that happiness is most important aspects of human life. All our activities are moved around the centre concept happiness. Even the happiest person can struggle in a negative and unhappy environment. It’s basic science. While happiness is proven to be contagious, negativity and pessimism have a similar effect. And that can affect your happiness at work. You could love your job and feel very confident about your work and still not feel happy at the office because of several aspects. It could be a general feeling imposed by a strict normative way of working, it could be the lack of social interaction and communication or it could be the constant lack of light and air, in a basement office. There are several factors that could affect your happiness at work. While felling happy and satisfied is an inner feeling, one that you can control, staying this way takes an effort that is usually sustained or impaired by the external environment. Everything, either good or bad, happens for a reason. Therefore, we should be thankful of the good things. More importantly, we should learn to accept and cope with the bad things that happen in life. Barriers to happiness are factors that cause unhappiness to most people. Some of the happiness barriers that you might experience at work, these may be:
- A stressful atmosphere based on a “no room for error” policy
- Lack of communication and social interaction between colleagues
- The constant absence of your chief or team leader
- Too many rules in the way of working
- You don’t get the support you need when you have a new idea or suggestion
- Your schedule is very closely monitored
- Lack of a proper channel that you can use to give feedback to your colleagues or to your administrator
- No team activities outside of work
If you want to remove these happiness barriers at work, you need to have a strategy. If the main barriers are triggered by your management you need to find the right moment and the right tone of voice to offer them feedback and to suggest a new way of doing things. Approach your team leader or chief and express your honest assessment of the workplace and how you think it could improve. When these barriers are related more to your team and your colleagues, be the first to take the initiative and start changing things, one step at a time. Lead by example and encourage conversation, social interaction and a more relaxed way of collaborating. You could be surprised to find that some of your colleagues may have felt the same way you did but didn’t have the courage to do something about it. Trust yourself to speak out and identify the things that diminish your workplace happiness and your overall satisfaction at the office. Things won’t change if someone doesn’t point out a problem and suggests a solution. Give feedback every time, whenever you feel like something affected you and you want to address it.
STRATEGIES: For Becoming happy
Positive Psychologists gave due importance to the Happiness of Human being. Various strategies are suggested by these psychologists to enhance happiness. Investigator has mentioned a few useful strategies that could enhance Happiness.
- Cultivate Positive Emotions: - This may be even more important than trying to reduce negative emotions. The negative emotions that come with stress and adversity are part of life; research is finding that positive emotions can undo the effect of negative emotions and promote resilience, helping us bounce back. Researchers are also finding that positive emotions aren’t just the result of happiness; they also cause happiness, in an “upward spiral” of well-being. Psychologist Barbara Fredrickson (2003) has found that when people experience positive emotions three times as much as negative emotions, they are able to flourish and thrive.
- Learn What Makes you Happy: - Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi( 1990) recommends keeping a diary of your activities and feelings for a while to discover what you’re doing when you’re happiest.
- Set Meaningful Goals: - Psychologist Martin Seligman (2002) describes three components of happiness: pleasure, meaning and engagement, and he says that of the three, meaning, and engagement are the most important. People whose goals are intrinsic and personally meaningful are happier than people whose goals are based on comparing themselves to others or meeting other people’s expectations. Psychologist Tal Ben-Shahar (2005) recommends asking yourself three questions: What gives me meaning? What gives me pleasure? What are my strengths? When you discover the overlap between the answers, you are well on your way to creating a purpose for your life.
- Exercise: - exercise can be a powerful influence on the mental outlook and emotions. Exercise regulates stress hormones, such as cortisol, which moderates and dissipates negative emotions such as anxiety and anger. Exercise also boosts “feel good” chemicals like endorphins. Some research has found that exercise can lower the risk of depression and help alleviate symptoms of depression and anxiety disorders. Thus exercise reduces negative emotions and increases positive emotions.
- Want what you have: - Researchers are finding that people who “want what they have” are more satisfied with life than those who are seeking something new. Psychologist Daniel Nettle (2009) calls this the "psychology of liking" getting drowned out by the "psychology of wanting." But people who appreciate and enjoy what they already have-whether it’s a car or a mate--report greater happiness.
- Act the way you want to feel: - In her happiness project, author Gretchen Rubin (2012) says the strategy of acting the way one wants to feel “works like magic.” Pioneering psychologist William James observed: “Action seems to follow feeling, but really action and feeling go together; and by regulating the action, which is under the more direct control of the will, one can indirectly regulate the feeling.”The common thread in all these strategies is that other people, friends, family, and social networks are the greatest source of happiness. more positive emotions are generated when we’re with other people, these other people help to give meaning to our lives and are the part of our happy memories; and by treasuring the people in our lives we focus on what is more important to us.
Characteristics of Happy People
While reviewing the literature, investigator found some good things happy people have in common. Happy people:
- Feel Good
Happiness is fun and it feels good. That is a worthwhile reason why happiness is important all by itself.
- Live Longer
Many studies have shown that happy people live longer. One study followed nuns who wrote a short biographical sketch before taking their vows. At the age of 85, 90% of the nuns with cheerful biographies (top 25%) was still alive, compared to just 54% of the least cheerful. At 94 years of age, 54% of the most cheerful quarter were alive compared to only 11% of the least cheerful. Many other studies have shown similar results.
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- Dr. Kiran Dammani (Author), 2021, Obstacles in Happiness and their Elucidations, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/983985
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